easy question

Meaning

An 'easy question' is a query or test item that is simple to understand and answer. It requires very little effort or deep thinking to get correct. Teachers often use these at the start of a test or lesson to help students build confidence.

Examples

• The first page of the exam had only one easy question.

  The first page of the exam had only one easy question.

• Let's start with an easy question before we move on to the difficult topics.

  Let's start with an easy question before we move on to the difficult topics.

• She smiled because she knew the answer to the easy question immediately.

  She smiled because she knew the answer to the easy question immediately.

• That is an easy question, so everyone in the class should get it right.

  That is an easy question, so everyone in the class should get it right.

• I was relieved to see an easy question at the very beginning of the quiz.

  I was relieved to see an easy question at the very beginning of the quiz.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ This is a soft question to answer.

  ✓ This is an easy question to answer.

  Learners sometimes translate literally from their native language and use 'soft' instead of 'easy' to describe a simple test question.

• ✗ I have an easy ask for the teacher.

  ✓ I have an easy question for the teacher.

  Learners confuse the noun 'question' with the verb 'ask' when they want to inquire about something in class.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Don't worry about the first part of the test; it is just an ___.

  💡 A simple query that is not difficult to solve.

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  easy question

• The teacher asked an ___ to help the students warm up.

  💡 The opposite of a hard question.

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  easy question